Treat Power!

During lunchtime, I let Kettle, Penny, Olive, and Snickers outside. I brought a leftover corncob out to give them as a treat. Snickers had a hay day! Wherever I went, she would follow, desperately hoping for a handout. Even the chicks enjoyed the tasty morsels left behind. A local western scrub jay also enjoyed the treat when the Girls and I left!

Kettle and Olive are still fighting it out to see who will rein supreme and be the highest on the pecking order. Who do you think will end up being highest? Lowest?

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Peeping Explorers

This evening, I let the chicks roam outside in my flower patch. Even at a young age, chickens love scratching around in the dirt for bugs! They even took a dust bath!

Also, the fight to determine the pecking order is beginning. For those who don't know, the pecking order is the social ranking of hens established naturally within a flock. So far, Olive seems to be the most aggressive, especially towards Kettle.

When the chicks are two to three weeks old (like mine), a small perch should be installed in their brooder (chick house). Most birds tend to prefer perching as a method of sitting.

As the chicks become older, I will make sure to take pictures of them and post so that you can see their progress!

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Welcome Home, Baby Peeps!

Last week, I received three new baby peepers! Their names (from left to right in picture) are Penny, Kettle and Olive! Even though they are all somewhat mixed breeds, Penny is mainly an araucana. Kettle is a buff orpington and Olive is a plymouth barred rock/buff orpington cross breed.

They are very sweet birds and I am training them to be used to people and handling. Amazingly, these chicks already have almost all of their wing feathers in even though they are only about a week old (they grow that fast!!).

I can't wait until they grow all of their feathers in! I will keep posting every week so that you can see their growing progress!

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